mantis tank?
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Calappidae
Harlequin Shrimp
Abosolutly. Peacocks, and zebras I would avoid but any other mantis would love to live in an 18 gallon. I personally recommend N. wennerae, G. Ternatensis, G. smithii, or P. ciliata.
See Roy's list for more choices and highly detailed info! http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/arthropoda/crustacea/malacostraca/eumalacostraca/royslist/
Fartin'Gary
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There are a plenty of mantis shrimp great for that size. Wenerrae is the most popular from Florida. Also easy to take care of and interactive.
I would try to avoid a G. Chiragra is\f you can. They are very aggressive and strike extremely hard. But the main reason is that they are known to be reclusive. There will always be exceptions to the rule but for the most part they are more private and you may not see it often.
I would try to avoid a G. Chiragra is\f you can. They are very aggressive and strike extremely hard. But the main reason is that they are known to be reclusive. There will always be exceptions to the rule but for the most part they are more private and you may not see it often.
Calappidae
Harlequin Shrimp
They are also in most cases very dark in color and pretty much almost doesn't exist in the tank. I seen one colorful chiragra before but it was nothing to compare with the other stomatopods.
You can change the color of a G. Virdis or N wennerae, they change color based on lighting and enviroment whenever they molt. P. Ciliata does the same.
Islandoftiki
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Kharn
MANTISMAN
G.chiragra I would consider a good candidate for colors I've seen dark ones, orange ones, red ones, mine is like a light grey with pink 'legs' and other parts.
Megatron
I also would say that it's a great species although mine certainly doesn't seem to threatened by me (I have never seen mine 'threaten' me in the classic Stomatopod pose). However I do see it daily, even though it's compartment is effectively filled with Live Rock & Macro Algae.
To add more thought, mine certainly makes for an entertaining visual display come time of feeding! I can't wait to give the brute a nice DIY PVC burrow once the HOB overflow comes.
Calappidae
Harlequin Shrimp
G.chiragra I would consider a good candidate for colors I've seen dark ones, orange ones, red ones, mine is like a light grey with pink 'legs' and other parts.
Megatron
I also would say that it's a great species although mine certainly doesn't seem to threatened by me (I have never seen mine 'threaten' me in the classic Stomatopod pose). However I do see it daily, even though it's compartment is effectively filled with Live Rock & Macro Algae.
To add more thought, mine certainly makes for an entertaining visual display come time of feeding! I can't wait to give the brute a nice DIY PVC burrow once the HOB overflow comes.
Thats the exact same colors I seen that I'm referring to. Pretty coloration.
Smithii, and wennerae you are going to have to special order at the lfs, Bluezoo rarely gets mantis instock.. I just seen them get in a peacock last week... and then last time before that was 6 months plus they don't sell wennerae. The other place mentioned doesn't sell either.
Calappidae
Harlequin Shrimp
Just remember 2 things....
#1- A large G.chiragra can damage glass.
#2- A small aquarium uses thinner glass.
Chiragra also hide more often and are a more aggressive tempered mantis from what I heard.
Calappidae
Harlequin Shrimp
About 50% of mantis lfs get instock are mainly from hitchhiking rather than actual collecting.. ones they do get instock are usually peacocks and zebras and they will miss identify G. Ternatensis as peacocks quite often. Both G. ternatensis I got where labeled as peacocks... even when I ordered a peacock from liveaquaria they sent me a G. teratensis.
As kharn said, Whatever you can find instock easier.
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